The association of host age and gender with inflammation around neurocysticercosis cysts

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 487-499

  Kelvin, E A ^a   Carpio, A ^b,c   Bagiella, E ^d   Leslie, D ^e,f   Leon, P ^g   Andrews, H ^d   Hauser, W A ^c,d,h   Lisanti, N ⁱ   Aguirre, R ^j   Serrano, M ^k   Pesantes, J ^l   Moncayo, J ^l   Roman, M ^m  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

^c Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^d Good Samaritan Hospital ^*  (United States)

^e MRI Diagnostics of Westchester   (United States)

^f Good Samaritan Hospital Suffern   (United States)

^g Instituto de Diagnóstico Por Imágenes   (Ecuador)

^h Carlos Andrade Marín Hospital ^*  (United States)

ⁱ Eugenio Espejo Hospital ^*  (United States)

^j Hospital Dr Teodoro Maldonado Carbo   (Ecuador)

^k HOSPITAL CARLOS ANDRADE MARÍN   (Ecuador)

^l HOSPITAL EUGENIO ESPEJO   (Ecuador)

^m Hospital Baca Ortiz   (Ecuador)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARENCHYMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SEX FACTORS; TAENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 70349170306     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349809X12459740922291     Document Type: Article

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